Stampede Usage

Hey guys! Im level 90, playing as SV, and been running multiple heroics, but one thing im having trouble with, is stampede. I never really know when the best time to use it is, and im concerned i dont have the correct pets in my stable. Any advice on best times to use it / which pets would be ideal for stable? I generally run dungeons with a sporebat, cat or wolf depending on group comp (which are all in my stable) but stumped on the other 2.

I can't answer those questions, as I'm still figuring it out myself, but one thing I did learn was that you need to make sure all of your pets have Growl turned OFF, otherwise you'll be taunting off the tank and making their life miserable.

Is anyone else having trouble using certain pet abilities with stampede when your main pet has them on cooldown. For example I use spirit mend on my spirit beast then while that is still on cooldown I stampede and am unable to cast spirit mend with the extra pets. I have not tested yet but I think this would be an issue with rabid too.

Is anyone else having trouble using certain pet abilities with stampede when your main pet has them on cooldown. For example I use spirit mend on my spirit beast then while that is still on cooldown I stampede and am unable to cast spirit mend with the extra pets. I have not tested yet but I think this would be an issue with rabid too.

Does anyone know how to get around this?

if you use the glyph, the pets will be copies which means they will inherit the cooldowns from the main pet so if you already used spirit mend and then stampede then your extra pets will have spirit mend on cooldown also.

With a 5 min CD, it's hard to say when/where to use it when it comes to trash mobs. Very situational. A specific example would be aoe trash mobs, which of course you would go with a stable of worms or chimera for the "OMG so many numbers on my screen" feeling.
Stampede should always be used on boss fight following a DPS boosting CD or buffs that proc since they do inherit those buffs if active when you use stampede like Illana stated. I just dinged 87 last night(shush, I have to work and didn't powerlevel this expac) and didn't get a chance to check it out. My only experience with stampede was on beta. For something like spirit mend, I don't see that sticking around to be used by all spirits beasts you have, even if macro'd. It's entirely too OP for PVP.

OT: For the lols, have the largest, most annoying pet in all your stable slots. Preferably a set of rhinos. Or bats. Pop your dire beast, then stampede and BW. ROFL while the tank and any melee run arounnd trying to see the mob they are attacking and fail. Why limit the fun to just April 1st?

"Hunters view nature as a force with which to ally. They spend much of their time with an animal companion. The bond that forms between the two is rather strong. To attack either is to bring down the wrath of both. With powerful attacks in melee and at range, and a friend willing to put its life on the line at your command, the Hunter makes a potent addition to any group."

Do pets who Stampede use their special abilities? Because if so, it might be useful for a hunter to use stampede to apply the Sunder Armor debuff in a group that doesn't have it, for example, while still using the pet they like or a different buff from their current pet.

Do pets who Stampede use their special abilities? Because if so, it might be useful for a hunter to use stampede to apply the Sunder Armor debuff in a group that doesn't have it, for example, while still using the pet they like or a different buff from their current pet.

They do. I get 5 stacks of Spirit Mend when I use stampede and then spirit mend.

Do pets who Stampede use their special abilities? Because if so, it might be useful for a hunter to use stampede to apply the Sunder Armor debuff in a group that doesn't have it, for example, while still using the pet they like or a different buff from their current pet.

Do pets who Stampede use their special abilities? Because if so, it might be useful for a hunter to use stampede to apply the Sunder Armor debuff in a group that doesn't have it, for example, while still using the pet they like or a different buff from their current pet.

Pets called from the stable during stampede will use any skill they had set to auto cast when dismissed into the stable. If it was not set to auto cast, it won't be used without a macro.

"Hunters view nature as a force with which to ally. They spend much of their time with an animal companion. The bond that forms between the two is rather strong. To attack either is to bring down the wrath of both. With powerful attacks in melee and at range, and a friend willing to put its life on the line at your command, the Hunter makes a potent addition to any group."

which is why i want it removed: class balanced around one spec and one skill

Wouldn't really consider it op, in pve spirit mend is pretty useless most of the time, in pvp it's strong, but compared to hybrid healing in pvp i don't see if being an issue.
What i hate is that compared to another 5 minutes cd like lock's infernal/dreadguard pets they contribute ton's more dps.

i pop it on the pull and never have to worry about it again... this is assuming they update their damage dynamically when I get a proc of some sort on the pull but as of right now i have 0 procs. so meh I pull with it on boss fights